Welcome to SCRUFF

SCRUFF (Spaying Capital Region Unowned Feral Felines), is a Trap-Neuter-vaccinate-Return (TNvR) organization for feral and stray cats. Run by dedicated volunteers, SCRUFF provides low-cost spay/neuter services for this unowned population of cats.

Founded by Dr. Susan Sikule of Just Cats Veterinary Clinic, SCRUFF's mission is to work with the public to humanely reduce the population of feral and stray cats and to educate the public on ways to care for these “community” cats.

Modeling itself after the nationally acclaimed Alley Cat Allies, SCRUFF volunteers educate individuals and promote TNvR; since January 2007, we have spayed/neutered over 7,000 stray and feral cats! Through our programs and our valuable partnerships, SCRUFF's vision is a lifelong commitment to reducing community cats throughout the Capital District Region, one cat at a time.

2018 was a very successful year for SCRUFF; 597 community cats were spayed/neutered and vaccinated! Thanks to our dedicated veterinarians, volunteers, community cat caretakers, and partnerships with the Animal Protective Foundation, as we could have not have achieved this without this collective commitment to humanely reduce the community cat population.

Here is our 2019 monthly spay day schedule. We look forward to another successful year and welcome anyone interested in attending one of our scheduled clinics as a guest, potential volunteer, or trapper. If interested, please call SCRUFF at 518-526-3372 to get involved. We are always looking for volunteers who love cats and want to support our mission. We also welcome donations in support of our monthly spay clinics. Thank you!